Do Homoeopathic Medicines improve the Quality of Life in Cancer Patients?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C801- Malignant (primary) neoplasm, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/01/039447
- Lead Sponsor
- Government Homoeopathic Medical College Trivandrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 32
Inclusion Criteria
Histologically or Cytologically confirmed Cancer cases
Patients with social or emotional distress, and/ or impairment of physical activities or symptoms, as a result of cancer
Age older than 18 yrs
Exclusion Criteria
Patients receiving Radiotherapy or Chemotherapy or those who have to undergo major surgical interventions during the study period
Pre-diagnosed to have severe cognitive impairment or active psychosis
Inability to participate in a case taking and Quality of Life assessment session lasting a minimum of 15 minutes
Terminally ill patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement in Quality of Life in Cancer Patients assessed by EORTC QLQ C30 scoresTimepoint: baseline, end of 1st month, 3rd month and 6th month of treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assess the Quality of Life in Cancer patientsTimepoint: Quality of Life of participants assessed before starting homoeopathic treatment and at the end of 1st, 3rd and 6th month after starting homoeopathic treatment